A bipolar comparison of deep ice cores from Antarctica（Dome Fuji）and Greenland（GRIP） (scientific paper)

• Main Authors: Shoji, Hitoshi, Miyamoto, Atsushi, Shimohara, Kimiko, Watanabe, Okitsugu, Fujii, Yoshiyuki, Kamiyama, Kokichi, Motoyama, Hideaki, Goto-Azuma, Kumiko, Igarashi, Makoto, Takata, Morimasa, Kohno, Mika, Fujita, Shuji, Nakazawa, Takakiyo, Aoki, Shuji, Kawamura, Kenji, Narita, Hideki, Kawada, Kunio, Azuma, Nobuhiko, Saito, Takashi, Clausen, Henrik B., Johnsen, Sigfus J.
• Language: English
• Published: 国立極地研究所 2003
• Subjects: Greenland; Dome Fuji; Antarc*; Antarctica; GRIP; ice core; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://kitami-it.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/7197/files/4432.pdf

Oxgen isotope ratio and chemistry profiles were compared to find the corresponding interstadials during the Wisconsin Ice Age between the GRIP (Greenland) and Dome Fuji (Antarctica) deep ice core data for the past one hundred and sixty thousand years. Eight interstadials in GRIPδ^<18>O profile were found to correspond to those in Dome Fuji δ^<18>O profile. Eleven interstadials in GRIPδ^<18>O profile were found to correspond to those in Dome Fuji chemistry (calcium, nitrate and sulfate) profile, which is better suited for the purpose of interstadial search than the δ^<18>O profile at Dome Fuji. The Eemian interglacial period at Dome Fuji seems to be much shorter and more stable than that in the GRIP profile. Three major periods having higher contents of calcium, nitrate and sulfate appear at Dome Fuji, ranging (1) between interstadials number 1 and 8, (2) between interstadials number 17 and 19, and (3) before the Eemian, which correspond to relatively cold and stable periods in the GRIP δ^<18>O profile. These findings promise a favorable outcome from more detailed bipolar comparison in the future for an understanding of climatic linkage conditions and the driving forces between northern and southern hemispheres. application/pdf journal article